This is an analysis of the poem Good Part, That Shall Not Be Taken Away, The that begins with:

She dwells by Great Kenhawa's side,
In valleys green and cool;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efXf Xdad Xgeg ahah bebe gahaXffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 010111 11011101 100101 01100101 110101 11011001 110101 11110101 011101 010101101 101101 11001100 011101 010100101 110101 11011100 111101 11001101 110110 110000101 010100 11011101 110100 11111111 010101 01110001 110001 11010101 111111 11010100 110101 00111101 110011 11000101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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